Susan F. Othmer

Susan F. Othmer
EEG Institute

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OVERVIEW This chapter presents a model in which AD/HD is seen as a deficit in fundamental cerebral regulatory function relative to physiological arousal, attention, and affect. This regulatory function must be accomplished not only in the neurochemical domain but also in the bioelectrical domain. Organization of global as well as localized cortical...
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We present what has emerged in our clinician network as a comprehensive neurofeedback strategy to resolve trauma syndromes. The historical development is presented, albeit from our own parochial perspective. The initial point of departure was the Alpha-Theta protocol targeting psychological resolution. Preliminary stages of brain training serve to...
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This chapter is intended to serve as a counter-point to the other chapters of this book in that it presents neurofeedback as both an alternative and a complement to stimulation-based methods of neurorehabilitation. Neurofeedback is based on learning or a training model, and generally relies on one of two basic approaches: the specific targeting of...
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This monograph describes the research milestones by which the Othmer Method of neurofeedback came to be established over the past thirty years. It describes the essential elements of the method and furnishes a rationale for their inclusion.
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We are at the threshold of revolutionary change in our approach to mental dysfunctions as they come to be seen primarily in the frame of neural network relations. To date the recovery of brain function has been approached mainly in the frame of neurochemical models, but even this principally involves neurochemistry in the service of neural communic...
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Neuromodulation in the bioelectrical domain is an attractive option for the remediation of functionally based deficits. Most of the interest to date has focused on exogenous methods, such as repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation, transient direct current stimulation, vagus nerve stimulation, and deep brain stimulation. Much less attention ha...
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IntroductionApplication to Optimal FunctioningThe Role of AssessmentThe Reduction to PracticeProfessional PreparationPrincipal Neurofeedback ApproachesSummary and Conclusion ResourcesReferences
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The application of neurofeedback to post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in returning veterans is described herein and is illustrated with two case histories. Initially, frequency-based electroencephalogram training was employed to promote functional recovery, in the manner of the traditional sensorimotor rhythm/beta approach. An optimization proc...
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Introduction. This study examines recovery of attentional measures among a heterogeneous group of clients in a pre-and post-comparison using inter-hemispheric EEG training at homologous sites. A continuous performance test was used as an outcome measure. The client population was divided into three categories: (a) primarily attentional deficits, (b...
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This chapter discusses the electroencephalogram EEG Biofeedback, which is an emerging model for its global efficacy. EEG biofeedback has a favorable research history for both epilepsy and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). A model has been presented in the chapter in which ADHD and its comorbidities can be seen as a composite or spect...
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This book chapter introduces neurofeedback into a world still shaped by the DSM Model of discrete disorders that are structurally rooted and grounded in a neurochemical model. It presents the case for the disregulation model, characterized by a small number of key failure modes that lie largely in the bioelectrical domain. Foundational is cerebral...
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The efficacy of brain wave training and EEG biofeedback in the remediation of attentional deficits and specific learning disabilities is evaluated for a study population of fifteen school-age children in a clinical setting using psychological and academic testing. The Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children--Revised (WISC-R) is used in combination...
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Over the past several years a very simple training strategy based on individual optimization of training parameters has led in some instances to reinforcements at very low EEG frequencies that have been clinically quite rewarding. In its particulars, this is not a training strategy that fi ts the standard models of what happens in neurofeedback, an...

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